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Erdős problem 666

Let QnQ_n be the nn-dimensional hypercube graph (so that QnQ_n has 2n2^n vertices and n2n−1n2^{n-1} edges). Is it true that, for every ϵ>0\epsilon>0, if nn is sufficiently large, every subgraph of QnQ_n with ≥ϵn2n−1\geq \epsilon n2^{n-1} many edges contains a C6C_6?

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Let QnQ_n be the nn-dimensional hypercube graph (so that QnQ_n has 2n2^n vertices and n2n−1n2^{n-1} edges). Is it true that, for every ϵ>0\epsilon>0, if nn is sufficiently large, every subgraph of QnQ_n with ≥ϵn2n−1\geq \epsilon n2^{n-1} many edges contains a C6C_6?

The answer to this problem is no: Chung [Ch92] and Brouwer, Dejter, and Thomassen [BDT93] constructed an edge-partition of QnQ_n into four subgraphs, each containing no C6C_6.

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False ↔  ∀ (ε : ℝ),    0 < ε →      ∀ᶠ (n : ℕ) in Filter.atTop,        ∀ H ≤ SimpleGraph.hypercube n,          ε * ↑n * 2 ^ (n - 1) ≤ ↑H.edgeSet.ncard → (SimpleGraph.cycleGraph 6).IsContained H
SolvedProof has a holelean4external proof

The proof uses `sorry`: part of the argument is written but not proved. Lean accepts the file; it does not accept the theorem.